paleontology
noun
the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
paleontologic
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a word derived from
paleontology.
Example Sentences
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Fortnight ago he returned to Manhattan with a cigar box half-full of bits to complete his paleontologic jigsaw puzzle.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 35 tons of fossils might well have represented the lifetime discoveries of any of the delegates to the Paris paleontologic conference.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geographic and paleontologic facts, brought together by Darwin and others on a previously unequalled scale, point clearly in the same direction.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
There is in the Survey a division organized for the purpose of preparing illustrations for paleontologic and geologic reports.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various
Of course, the main arguments of the evolution theory rest upon morphologic, systematic, geographic and paleontologic evidence.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
